Improvement in ammunition-cases



chest or case, made of wood, metal, or any titioning said portion of case off into crossbelow the shot-compartments for holding 1 of powder, placed in the front top side of the tudinal section on the dotted lineso 0 in Fig.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR K. BUCKHOUT, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN AMMUNITION-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 217,508,

, May 12,

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR K. BUGKHOUT, of Kalamazoo, county of Kalam azoo, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ammunition-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the construction. of a case in which shot and powder or other ammunition. can be kept, while on sale, in a safe condition, within the requirements of the law, and from which case said ammunition can be removed in supplying the trade with far greater convenience than from ordinary devices.

Myobject, also, is the construction ofa case that will display shot and powder to the trade, doing away with the danger and inconvenience of handling the same, especiallyafter lamp-light, and which can be readily removed from the store in case of fire with its combustible contents.

Its construction consists in a rectangular suitable material, having a lid opening on the top. In the upper portion of the case are arranged compartments for holding shot by parwise sections.

Its construction further consists in drawers powder, caps, cartridges, &c.

Its construction also consists in a powderfiask for displaying and storing different grades case.

In the accompanying drawings," forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing the front side. Fig. 2 is a perspectivc showing the rear view; Fig. 3, a cross-section on the dotted lines o o in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a longi- 1. Fig. 5 is the sample-powder flask, and Fig. 6 one of the drawers for storing the powder.

A is the rectangular case or chest, with lid R raised, showing, in Fig. 2, theshot-compartments L L, and which lid forms a cover to the dated July 15, 1879; application filed 1879.

an opening, which is closed with glass, forming windows H H to the shot-compartments L L, for the purpose of displaying the different grades of shot. The compartments L L may be of any number or size desirable.

G is the powder flask or case for displaying the grades of powder, having openings at n n for filling them. I have constructed this flask in prismatic form to utilize space; but it may.

be made in any suitable shape and of any suitable material. S S are glass windows to the compartments in it, which show through an opening in the front top side of the case A, as seen in Fig. 1. The space which this flask occupies is made by cuttingoft' the top front corners of the partitions between the shot-compartments L L, as shown at T in Fig. 3.

D are the drawers, with metal lining e and lid 0, Fig. 6, which may consist .of any number, and be made of all metal, if desirable, if they are provided with lids'or covers'. In this drawer it is my purpose to keep stored packages of powder of difi'erent weights and grades, which have been previously wrapped up, which plan will be found of great advantage in supplying the trade after lamp-light, and at the same time comply with all requirements of the law.

Having-described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A rectangular case containing shot-compartments L L, provided with powder-flask receptacle 'l, powder-flask O, and metallic-lined drawers D, having lids or covers 0, all constructed and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

OSCAR K. BUOKHOUT.

Witnesses:

R. H. BUoKHoUr, O. S. CHURCHILL. 

